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Monday, November 14, 2022
Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 16, 2022
Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 16, 2022
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 16, 2022
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DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for November 15, 2022
Arkham City The Order Of The World TP, $16.99
Batman And The Joker The Deadly Duo #1 (Of 7)(Cover G Marc Silvestri Signed Edition), AR
Batman One Bad Day Mr. Freeze #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Matteo Scalera), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day Mr. Freeze #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Jim Lee/Scott Williams/Alex Sinclair), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day Mr. Freeze #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Sweeney Boo Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman One Bad Day Mr. Freeze #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Cully Hamner Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman One Bad Day Mr. Freeze #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Brian Bolland Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman One Bad Day Mr. Freeze #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Giuseppe Camuncoli Premium Card Stock Variant), $7.99
Batman Spawn The Classic Collection HC, $19.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #9 (Cover A Dan Mora), $3.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #9 (Cover B Paolo Rivera Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #9 (Cover C Chip Zdarsky ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #9 (Cover D Steve Beach Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Superman World’s Finest #9 (Cover E Afua Richardson Card Stock Variant), AR
Black Adam #6 (Cover A Irvin Rodriguez), $3.99
Black Adam #6 (Cover B Rafa Sandoval Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #6 (Cover C David Lapham Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #6 (Cover D Carlo Barberi ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #6 (Cover E Brandon Peterson Card Stock Variant), AR
Catwoman #49 (Cover A Jeff Dekal), $3.99
Catwoman #49 (Cover B Sozomaika Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #49 (Cover C Jim Balent ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #49 (Cover D Tula Lotay Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Batman #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Ryan Sook), $4.99
Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Batman #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Ryan Sook), $4.99
Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Batman #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Ariel Colon), AR
Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Batman #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Ryan Sook Foil Variant), AR
Dark Crisis Young Justice #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Max Dunbar), $3.99
Dark Crisis Young Justice #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Todd Nauck Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs. Vampires All-Out War #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Alan Quah), $3.99
DC Vs. Vampires All-Out War #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs. Vampires All-Out War #5 (Of 6)(Cover C James Stokoe Card Stock Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #4 (Of 8)(Cover A Howard Porter), $3.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #4 (Of 8)(Cover B Dan Mora Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #4 (Of 8)(Cover C Kael Ngu Acetate Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #4 (Of 8)(Cover D Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #4 (Of 8)(Cover E Sun Khamunaki Card Stock Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #4 (Of 8)(Cover F Dan Mora Homage Gatefold Variant), AR
Flash #788 (Cover A Taurin Clarke), $3.99
Flash #788 (Cover B George Kambadais Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #788 (Cover C Todd Nauck ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
G.C.P.D. The Blue Wall #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Reiko Murakami), $3.99
G.C.P.D. The Blue Wall #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Grayson The Superspy Omnibus HC (2022 Edition), $100.00
Harley Quinn The Animated Series Legion Of Bats #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Yoshi Yoshitani), $3.99
Harley Quinn The Animated Series Legion Of Bats #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Dan Hipp Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn The Animated Series Legion Of Bats #2 (Of 6)(Cover C Jon Sommariva Card Stock Variant), AR
Looney Tunes #269 (Cover A Derek Fridolfs), $2.99
Nightwing #98 (Cover A Bruno Redondo), $3.99
Nightwing #98 (Cover B Jamal Campbell Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #98 (Cover C Brian Stelfreeze ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #98 (Cover D Dan Hipp Card Stock Variant), AR
Stargirl The Lost Children #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Todd Nauck), $3.99
Stargirl The Lost Children #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Crystal Kung Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Stargirl The Lost Children #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Mayo Sen Naito Card Stock Variant), AR
Stargirl The Lost Children #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Todd Nauck Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Titans United Bloodpact #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Eddy Barrows), $3.99
Titans United Bloodpact #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Titans United Bloodpact #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Fico Ossio Card Stock Variant), AR
Wonder Woman #204 (Facsimile Edition), $3.99
Wonder Woman Earth One Complete Collection TP, $39.99
Young Justice Volume 6 TP, $34.99
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Friday, November 11, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: BLACK PANTHER: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Running time: 161 minutes (2 hours, 41 minutes)
MPA – PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, action and some language
DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler
WRITERS: Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole; from a story by Ryan Coogler (based on the Marvel Comics)
PRODUCERS: Kevin Feige and Nate Moore
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Autumn Durald Arkapaw (D.o.P.)
EDITORS: Kelley Dixon, Jennifer Lame, and Michael P. Shawver
COMPOSER: Ludwig Göransson
SUPERHERO/ACTION/SCI-FI/DRAMA
Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Martin Freeman, Dominique Thorne, Florence Kasumba, Michaela Cole, Alex Livinalli, Mabel Cadena, Richard Schiff, Robert John Burke, Lake Bell, Manuel Chavez, Maria Mercedes Coroy, Divine Love Konadu-Sun, Trevor Noah (voice), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael B. Jordan
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a 2022 superhero, fantasy-drama, science fiction, and action movie directed by Ryan Coogler and produced by Marvel Studios. The film is a direct sequel to the 2018 film, Black Panther, and is the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is based on the Marvel Comics character, Black Panther, that first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (cover dated: July 1966) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Wakanda Forever finds Wakanda in mourning following the death of its king while also facing a threatening world and a mysterious new adversary.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opens in the African nation of Wakanda as King T'Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) dies from a mysterious illness. One year later, his mother, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), must face the United Nations, as world powers demand access to Wakanda's most precious resource, the metal Vibranium. One particular nation even hires mercenaries to invade a Wakandan outpost in order to steal its vibranium, but they are foiled by Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje, the King of Wakanda's personal guard.
However, the American CIA's attempt to find vibranium on its own draws the attention of a mysterious new adversary, known by many names, but is called “Namor” (Tenoch Huerta) by his enemies. Namor leads the forces of his kingdom, Talokan, in a strike against the Americans. He confronts Ramonda and Shuri (Letitia Wright), Ramonda's daughter and T'Challa's younger sister, as they grieve. He demands that they find the scientist who created the Americans' vibranium detecting device and kill him. The him turns out to be a her, a Chicago-based teen named Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne). Now, Shuri and Ramonda must gather allies, including T'Challa's ex-lover, Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), and M'Baku (Winston Duke), leader of the Wakandan border tribe, the Jibari, in order to fight off the forces of Namor, which are more than capable of destroying Wakanda and perhaps, the world. Can Wakanda survive without its champion, the Black Panther, or must another arise?...
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a triumphant – a poignant triumphant and a superhero action movie triumph. It is much better than I expected and that I could have hoped for. Wakanda Forever is the most emotionally honest, genuine, and heartfelt Marvel Studios film since Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The fight scenes are some of the best outside of martial arts films, and the action and battles scenes are Avengers-level.
Angela Bassett stands astride this film, which is both a eulogy to Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa/Black Panther and also a powerful and successful attempt to forge ahead with the franchise. Bassett, as regal and as dramatically potent as she has ever been, is glorious, and it time for her to receive the Oscar win she should have had ages ago. She exemplifies the grief in the film for half its narrative.
Letitia Wright exemplifies that grief the rest of the way. Wright also shows impressive range – playing Shuri as obstinate and angry in the face of her brother's death. [That death is depicted in Wakanda Forever's opening moments, and the audience with which I saw this film was stunned into silence.] Wright plays Shuri's turn to the “dark side” with the depth of performance that usually earns actors some award season notice. She is truly the lead in Wakanda Forever, and she carries it with the flair of a veteran, accomplished actor.
I also had high hopes for Tenoch Huerta as Namor, and he easily surpasses them. Huerta makes Namor seem so real that his murderous inclinations come across as entirely appropriate for that which Namor is fighting and defending. Huerta's performance also works to uplift the other actors playing denizens of the kingdom of Talokan.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is filled so much good stuff. The costumes, art direction, make-up and hair, cinematography, and editing are all … well, Oscar-worthy. Ludwig Göransson's score is a masterpiece of tones both subtle and tremendous and is easily on the level of Hans Zimmer's award-winning score for Dune: Part One (2021).
I don't want this review to run-on too long... If I could speak to Ryan Coogler, I would tell him that already loved him for his film, Fruitvale Station, and that he made me love him even more after the first Black Panther. I don't have the words to describe how great an accomplishment Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is. Coogler honored his friend and partner, Chadwick Boseman, as well as he could, and he made a truly great and magnificent film. It honors Boseman and reveals how much respect Coogler has for his audience via the film art he creates. I am giving Black Panther: Wakanda Forever my highest recommendation.
10 of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Thursday, November 10, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: KILLADELPHIA #19
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Rodney Barnes
ART: Jason Shawn Alexander with Germán Erramouspe
COLORS: Luis Nct
LETTERS: Marshall Dillon
EDITOR: Greg Tumbarello
COVER: Jason Shawn Alexander
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Nick Runge
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (February 2022)
Rated “M/ Mature”
Killadelphia and Elysium Gardens created by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
“The End of All” Part I: “Hope Springs Eternal”
Killadelphia is an apocalyptic vampire and dark fantasy comic book series from writer Rodney Barnes and artist Jason Shawn Alexander and is published by Image Comics. At the center of this series is a police officer caught in a lurid conspiracy in which vampires attempt to rule Philadelphia, “the City of Brotherly Love.” Colorist Luis Nct and letterer Marshall Dillon complete Killadelphia's creative team.
Killadelphia focuses on James “Jim” Sangster, Jr. and his father, revered Philadelphia homicide detective, James Sangster, Sr., thought to be dead. He is actually a vampire. Now father and son lead a ragtag team comprised of a medical examiner, a dead president, and a rebellious, but special young vampire (Tevin Thompkins a.k.a. “See Saw”) in a bid to save Philly from an ambitious and murderous former First Lady, Abigail Adams.
As Killadelphia #19 (“Hope Springs Eternal”) opens, Jim Sr. and his allies make their final stand against Abigail Adams. She is already in the process of dispatching her husband, John Adams, the second President of the United States and a vampire.
Sangster needs allies. Enter the werewolves of Elysium Gardens. Abigail also has new allies, including the necromancer Thomas Jefferson! Will the demons unearthed from America's past threaten the existence of Philadelphia and of the world as we know it?
THE LOWDOWN: Killadelphia's fourth story arc, “The End of All,” begins. It is being described as a turning point in the series.
The truth is that most issues of Killadelphia are turning points in the narrative. Writer Rodney Barnes continues to expand this series beyond – way beyond – its initial description as a vampire comic book. The characters are rich and complex, and the fact that the characters are who they are … well, it is bold and visionary. After all, the so-called “Founding Fathers” of the United States were always vampires, so Killadelphia is telling you the truth. Seriously, just about every issue has something new, sometimes something unseen in mainstream comic books. Thus, Killadelphia is about changing and turning, transforming the predictable into the unexpected.
Welcome back, Killadelphia. And dear readers, you don't need to have read the previous issues to enjoy Killadelphia #19.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of vampire comic books and of exceptional dark fantasy will want Killadelphia.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Read You"
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: DARK BLOOD #4
DARK BLOOD #4 (OF 6)
BOOM! STUDIOS
STORY: LaToya Morgan
ART: Moisés Hidalgo
COLORS: A.H.G.
LETTERS: Andworld Design
EDITOR: Dafna Pleban
COVER: Valentine De Landro
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Juni Ba; Valentine De Landro; Jonboy Meyers
24pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (October 2021)
Dark Blood created by LaToya Morgan
Dark Blood is a new six-issue comic book miniseries created and written by screenwriter LaToya Morgan (AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” “Into The Badlands”). Published by BOOM! Studios, the series is drawn by Walt Barna and Moisés Hidalgo; colored by A.H.G.; and lettered by Andworld Design. The series focuses on a Black World War II veteran who discovers that he has strange new abilities.
Alabama, 1955. After leaving his job at the diner, “Hardy's Eats,” Avery Aldridge, also known as “Double A,” has a fateful encounter with a racist. Double A is a highly decorated World War II soldier, a former fighter pilot, a member of the soon-to-be-legendary “Red Tails.” He is expected to act like a boy … when he is actually a very powerful man. But this is “The Night of the Variance,” and everything is going to start to change – even the things some don't want changed.
Dark Blood #4 opens in 1955 – the Night of the Variance. Avery is on the run with Sheriff Wright closing in on him. Avery is certain that the police have blamed him for an accidental death that occurred behind the diner where he works. His younger brother, Theodore “Theo” Aldridge, is waiting for him, and li'l bro will be shocked by what Avery has to reveal.
Those revelations include what happened ten years ago in World War II – behind enemy lines – when Avery had an encounter with ... werewolves. Can Avery clear his name and find out what's really happening to him?
THE LOWDOWN: I thought that the term “Nazi werewolves” was merely some B-movie or cheap sci-fi/horror trope. Though Pocket, the reading list service, I discovered Lorraine Boissoneault's article for Smithsonian Magazine that detailed the World War II guerrilla fighters referred to by that name.
In Dark Blood, television writer-producer LaToya Morgan (AMC's “TURN: Washington's Spies”) offers a comic book that flows through multiple genres, including science fiction and fantasy, horror, and history. It is a reality-based drama that treads the borders of the fantastic the way Rod Serling did in his legendary TV series, “The Twilight Zone.”
On the other hand, Dark Blood #4 throws readers into the thrill of the hunt, as two similar kinds of human wolves hunt Avery, ten years apart. In this way, Morgan reminds us that there are thrills, chills, and action flowing in Dark Blood. Like EC Comics' famous war comics titles, Frontline Combat and Two-Fisted Tales, Dark Blood drops readers behind enemy lines into the treachery and menace of war. In 1955, as Avery eludes his pursuers, fans may be reminded that there is nothing like the thrill of watching an unsuspecting person wander into the Twilight Zone and end up being hunted.
In Dark Blood #4, Moisés Hidalgo, who also drew issue #3, delivers the kind of comic book storytelling that will have readers burning through the pages, and rereading much of the it. The naturalism of his illustrative style keeps the story from being constrained by time. What happens is more important than when it happened, making the story feel timeless. In a sense, what occurs in Dark Blood #4 is always an occurrence – to one person and another, at one time and another.
A.H.G.'s beautiful colors on Hidalgo's art brings forth the power of this story, and for me, it's like riding lightning through Avery's (mis)adventures. As usual, Andworld Design's lettering throws gasoline on the fire.
So, dear readers, at least you who need a change from what you read every month, here it is. Like Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's Killadelphia (Image Comics), Dark Blood is the … new blood your imaginations need.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of modern science fiction and dark fantasy comic books will want to drink Dark Blood.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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